Oleksandr Viktorovych Babor (; born 17 March 1980) is a Ukrainian retired professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Oleksandr Babor started his career in 1997 with

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a republican Avanhard sports society. Between ...

the main club of the city of

Chernihiv Chernihiv (, ; , ) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast. Chernihiv's population is The city was designated as a Hero City of Ukraine ...

. Here he played three seasons. In 2000 he moved to Ros Bila Tserkva where he managed to play 37 matches and scored 2 goals. In 2004 he moved to Desna Chernihiv where he won the

2005–06 Ukrainian Second League The 2005–06 Ukrainian Second League was the 15th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into three regional groups – A, B, C. This season was known for a high volume of withdrawals from the competit ...

. He also played for Sokil Zolochiv, Dnipro Cherkasy and

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( ), also known as Nikolaev ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and a hromada (municipality) in southern Ukraine. Mykolaiv is the Administrative centre, administrative center of Mykolaiv Raion (Raions of Ukraine, district) and Myk ...

. In 2009 he moved to Yednist-2 Plysky where he managed to win the Chernihiv Oblast Championship in 2009, 2010 and 2011, he also won the Chernihiv Oblast Cup in 2009 and 2010. In 2016 he moved to Frunzenets Nizhyn where he managed to win again the Chernihiv Oblast Championship and the Chernihiv Oblast Cup. After he played for Avanhard Koryukivka and in Kudrivka where he ended his career.

Managerial career

In 2019 he was appointed as head coach of Yednist-ShVSM Plysky. I 2020 he become coach of Kudrivka where he managed to win the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship in 2022.

Personal life

In March 2022, together with Artem Padun, Valentyn Krukovets and Volodymyr Chulanov, Oleksandr organized a charity tournament at the

Chernihiv Stadium Olympic sports training center "Chernihiv" (formerly Yuri Gagarin Stadium) () is a multi-purpose stadium in Chernihiv, Ukraine. The stadium was given status of Olympic preparation and brought under the administration of the Ministry of Youth and ...

to raise funds to reconstruct the house of Volodymyr Matsuta which was destroyed by the Russian troops during the

Siege of Chernihiv The siege of Chernihiv was a military engagement in the city of Chernihiv, in Chernihiv Oblast in the north of Ukraine. It began on 24 February 2022, as part of the northern Ukraine offensive, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 4 ...

Honours

As a Player

Desna Chernihiv *

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: 2005–06 Yednist-2 Plysky * Chernihiv Oblast Championship: 2009, 2010, 2011 * Chernihiv Oblast Cup: 2009, 2010 Frunzenets Nizhyn * Chernihiv Oblast Championship: 2016 * Chernihiv Oblast Cup: 2016

As a Coach

Kudrivka * Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship: 2022 * Chernihiv Oblast Football Cup: 2021, 2022 *Chernihiv Oblast Super Cup: 2021, 2022 *

Kyiv Oblast Football Federation Kyiv Oblast Football Federation (KOFF) is a football governing body in the region of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. The federation is a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As part of the Union-wide reorganization of the Soviet foot ...

: 2020 * Kyiv Oblast Football Cup: 2021

References

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